diff --git a/include/linux/migrate.h b/include/linux/migrate.h
index 4634da521238..3e0d405dc842 100644
--- a/include/linux/migrate.h
+++ b/include/linux/migrate.h
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ extern char *migrate_reason_names[MR_TYPES];
 static inline struct page *new_page_nodemask(struct page *page,
 				int preferred_nid, nodemask_t *nodemask)
 {
-	gfp_t gfp_mask = GFP_USER | __GFP_MOVABLE;
+	gfp_t gfp_mask = GFP_USER | __GFP_MOVABLE | __GFP_RETRY_MAYFAIL;
 
 	if (PageHuge(page))
 		return alloc_huge_page_nodemask(page_hstate(compound_head(page)),
diff --git a/mm/mempolicy.c b/mm/mempolicy.c
index 7d8e56214ac0..d911fa5cb2a7 100644
--- a/mm/mempolicy.c
+++ b/mm/mempolicy.c
@@ -1078,7 +1078,8 @@ static struct page *new_page(struct page *page, unsigned long start, int **x)
 	/*
 	 * if !vma, alloc_page_vma() will use task or system default policy
 	 */
-	return alloc_page_vma(GFP_HIGHUSER_MOVABLE, vma, address);
+	return alloc_page_vma(GFP_HIGHUSER_MOVABLE | __GFP_RETRY_MAYFAIL,
+			vma, address);
 }
 #else